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Dennis Sun: First Eggs, Now Milk, Butter and Cheese
Ag columnist Dennis Sun writes, "When a person is at the grocery store and they reach for milk, butter, ice cream or other dairy products, I’m not sure they understand what it takes to get those dairy products on the shelves. We’re taking it for granted."
Dennis SunJune 06, 2025
Dennis Sun: America Needs a Labor Force
Ag columnist Dennis Sun writes, "President Trump wants to bring more factories and manufacturing to America. We applaud his efforts but realize he has an uphill road to get there, mainly having the workforce to do the job."
Dennis SunMay 30, 2025
Dennis Sun: More Competition In The Meat Case
Ag columnist Dennis Sun writes, "Beef is still king but competition will come from other meat. Pork, lamb, chicken, turkey and bison are showing up in the grind."
Dennis SunMay 23, 2025
Dennis Sun: What’s Your Beef?
Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "Better management practices and technology, along with genetics, are just some of the reasons consumers want more lamb and are still buying beef at record-high prices at the meat counter and at restaurants."
Dennis SunMay 16, 2025
Dennis Sun: America And Its Foreign Ownership
Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "I’ll never understand why the U.S. has let China, Russia, and Iran buy any private lands in our country. America has to wake up and be very cautious of who comes into our country and buys private lands, especially our enemies."
Dennis SunMay 09, 2025
Dennis Sun: Current Ag Facts At 100 Days In The Trump Administration
Ag columnist Dennis Sun writes, "I write this column as President Donald J. Trump celebrates his first 100 days in office, and those in agriculture are worried about how bad tariffs will hurt."
Dennis SunMay 02, 2025
Dennis Sun: The American Beef Industry Is In Uncharted Waters
Ag columnist Dennis Sun writes, "For the last two years, the price of beef has steadily rose, but so has input prices. Today, both are at record prices and, with the threat of tariffs and volatility of the stock market, it makes it hard to predict beef prices."
Dennis SunApril 25, 2025
Dennis Sun: Not All Wild Horses Are Wild
Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "For the next couple of years, the BLM will be gathering feral horses from four herd management areas in southwest Wyoming. This action doesn’t sit well with some folks, who believe there are never too many feral horses on the range."
Dennis SunApril 18, 2025
Dennis Sun: The Need to Promote Beef and Lamb
There are a number of countries around the world who have not been treating the U.S. in a fair manner. Some won’t even let the U.S. bring beef or lamb into their countries, and they claim to be our friends.
Dennis SunApril 11, 2025
Dennis Sun: "Whiskey Is For Drinking, Water Is For Fighting” Has Never Been Truer
Ag columnist Dennis Sun writes, "By a stroke of a pen, the EPA deemed potholes, farmer’s fields, and small ponds as navigable waters. These waters were no more navigable than a bathtub full of water. The radical environmentalists loved it."
Dennis SunApril 04, 2025
Dennis Sun: Beef Producers Are Looking At Record Prices
Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "Cattle producers and the beef industry are both looking at record prices for beef products. These prices are expected to stay current or rise over the next couple of years as heifer retention has not showed up yet to grow the U.S. cattle herd."
Dennis SunMarch 28, 2025
Dennis Sun: The Post Office is Not Listening
Ag columnist Dennis Sun writes, "The outgoing postmaster general wants DOGE to examine the 'unfunded mandates imposed on USPS by Congress,' as he calls them. Some of these are delivering mail six days a week and maintaining rural post offices. I believe those are services vital to rural America."
Dennis SunMarch 21, 2025